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Duncan Macmillan

Duncan Macmillan’s plays include Lungs from 2011, which was revived in 2019 at the Old Vic; his adaptation of 1984 co-written with Robert Icke; People, Places & Things; 2071 (co-written with Chris Rapley); Every Brilliant Thing, with Jonny Donahoe, which was a break-out hit at the Edinburgh Festival in 2014, and which has been seen in over 70 different countries around the world since, finally arriving in London’s West End in 2025; Rosmersholm (adapted from Ibsen); An Enemy of the People (English version of Thomas Ostermeier’s adaptation of Ibsen); City of Glass (adapted from Paul Auster); and The Seagull (English version for Thomas Ostermeier’s adaptation of Chekhov).

We covered Lungs in episode 7 of the podcast: 07 Lungs
An Enemy of the People in episode 77: 077 An Enemy of the People
People Places & Things in episode 82, with Duncan: 082 People, Places & Things  
The Seagull in episode 52: 052 The Seagull 
Every Brilliant Thing in episode 102, with Duncan: 102 Every Brilliant Thing 

 

Photo by Natasha Krstic-Howe.
Recommended Play(s)

Duncan recommended Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris in episode 82, and 
seven methods of killing kylie jenner by Jasmine Lee-Jones in episode 102.